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JOHN A. "IF-REY, FYWASHINGTQN, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Letters Pctent No. 73,710, dated January 28, 1868.

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To ALL' WHOM .11 AY CONCERN:

' Be it known that I; JOHN A. FBEY, of the city of Washington, in the District of Colum bimhave invented I a certain new and useful Improvement on Lamp-Burners and Ida hereby declare that the following is a full,v

'clear,and-exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompaisying drawings, and to the letters nnd'marks thereon, which shid drawingsforni part of this specification, and represent a hnrner having my improvement as a. part thereof.

Figure 1 of these drewin'gs is a view by vertical section.- I Figure 2', a top view of the base of the burner; the cones being ed; and Figure 3 is review of the bottom of the cones. In each of these figures like marks and letters are used vto indicate iiire'parts.

A'ieadin'g object bf"i'ny=i nvention' is-f0 prevenfthe explosion bTth'e' ihm'p-by the h ominunieating of heat from the flame of the rick to the lamp and the oil within it, and 'this I sheet by having the base of the burner a receptacle 'or reservoir forwater or some non-conducting or slowly-conductingelement or material.

This. receptacle 4 is- "lhadeup' of tyre plates, swnged to the properform, and their edges se mired and made tight, with the wick-tube' b and oiifill-ing'tuhe cattachd. thereto. A screW-hdp, d, covert the filling-tube, and alike cap, e, the-opening fol-filling .the receptacle with water. Thefilling-tnbe c ean be reached without taking ofi' the, cones 'or chimney -sothat the lamp may befilled or replenished when. lit with perfect safety, and it will only be necessary to'detachthe cones and chininey when required to fill the receptdeie or clean out the burner- The upper portion of the burner is made up of tire cones-f andg with perforated hand I: and flange-i. This upper portion is attached to the lower part-or receptacle by nieans of then'otches'j and catches in. To the top v of the perforated 'plate are aflixed springs t, which are turned outward at the hottoin, for the resting of the edgeof the chimney, svhil ethe deflecting top pa-rt m ,ivill press against the inner surface of the chimney with. snficieiit force to hold it in place. The upper part of the interior cone, where the wick-tube haspassage, and at the side of the 'wicl-tubc,is depressed, as is shoxrn byfigi 1, the object of thisdepression being to prevent the current of airlpnssing too freely and strong to the centre of the flame. The inner cone 'q starts just above the seeondrow of the perforations, as is showniby fig. 1, and'extends within about aneighth of an inch of the top ofthe wick-tuhe, giving'itfrceaccession of air, consuming the oil, preventing odor, and making perfect combustion. v.

What I clai masrn y invention, andidesirc to secure by Letters Paten t,is

1. The water-chamber. making a 'part of the burner, when provided with an oil-feeding duct, anda waterfeeding duct,"with the wick tube passing thronghthe some, and nearly or entirely surrounded by water, arranged r and combined substantially as descrihed.

2. The deflection in the-top oi the cone g, as and for the pnrpose set forth. The above speoifihtion of'my inventionsigned by me, this 17th dey of Decembe'r, 18 67'. I

' JOHN A. FREY.

Witnesses:

WM. F. 'McNAMARiL JAMES '13. Grimm. 

